Tamiya TB 05 Pro
#406
Tech Master
I've seen a few people mention that the TB05 is a 'failed chassis' (mostly in the TC01 thread) which surprised me, so I thought I would ask the users. It looks like a great chassis to me, how do you racers find it? My TA07 is way better than I am and I'm the reason its slow! Is the TB05 a decent clubracer or just a pretty unique chassis that is good for displaying bodies?
#408
Tech Rookie
Finally Done!
Just finished building my first 4wd touring kit since my RS4 Pro 2 (Over 20 years ago!) A couple reasons why I chose this chassis- #1 a shaft drive touring car (never driven one before) and #2 the unique and funky tub/brace design! I still need to paint the body and setup the whole car but i'm super stoked to get this thing on the track once we can all gather in groups again.
I went with the SSBB dampers and towers, carbon reinforced chassis and suspension parts, exotek front hubs, upgraded driveshaft, and double cardan joint shafts/spool up front. I'll be taking it easy and starting off with 21.5 blinky class. In the meantime i've downloaded VRC pro and have been practicing a ton before I actually get on the track for real!Something I noticed was that the front of the suspension has way more droop than the rear (The front suspension can move up and down a lot more than the rear when lifting the car off the ground) is that something I need to adjust out with the droop screws?
Cheers,
Stevo
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#409
Tech Master
Just finished building my first 4wd touring kit since my RS4 Pro 2 (Over 20 years ago!) A couple reasons why I chose this chassis- #1 a shaft drive touring car (never driven one before) and #2 the unique and funky tub/brace design! I still need to paint the body and setup the whole car but i'm super stoked to get this thing on the track once we can all gather in groups again.
I went with the SSBB dampers and towers, carbon reinforced chassis and suspension parts, exotek front hubs, upgraded driveshaft, and double cardan joint shafts/spool up front. I'll be taking it easy and starting off with 21.5 blinky class. In the meantime i've downloaded VRC pro and have been practicing a ton before I actually get on the track for real!Something I noticed was that the front of the suspension has way more droop than the rear (The front suspension can move up and down a lot more than the rear when lifting the car off the ground) is that something I need to adjust out with the droop screws?
Cheers,
Stevo
#410
Tech Rookie
@Nicadrauspro4 Thank you so much!!! Really appreciate it the comments! Hopefully the driving will be just as clean haha.
#411
Tech Master
@Nicadrauspro4 Thank you so much!!! Really appreciate it the comments! Hopefully the driving will be just as clean haha.
#412
I've seen a few people mention that the TB05 is a 'failed chassis' (mostly in the TC01 thread) which surprised me, so I thought I would ask the users. It looks like a great chassis to me, how do you racers find it? My TA07 is way better than I am and I'm the reason its slow! Is the TB05 a decent clubracer or just a pretty unique chassis that is good for displaying bodies?
#413
Sharing the chassis I built from scratch ordering of parts.
#414
Tech Master
#415
I had some common TRF options and spares lying around so that covered some of the build, I knew I was gonna upgrade if I got the standard pro and theres not much to keep on that car if I had done so and I would wnd up with lots of standard parts with no use... so I built my own version R
#416
Tech Master
I had some common TRF options and spares lying around so that covered some of the build, I knew I was gonna upgrade if I got the standard pro and theres not much to keep on that car if I had done so and I would wnd up with lots of standard parts with no use... so I built my own version R
#417
Tech Rookie
rc_square24 Sweet build!!!! I'm really loving all the details. I have a couple questions if you don't mind? Did you countersink the front carbon plate screw holes yourself? Also what springs are you running? And I noticed you are running different suspension arm aluminum pieces than me, are they wider than stock?
Nicadrauspro4 I don't want to know how much I spent on option parts, I think it was easily 2 times the kit price of the car itself haha
Nicadrauspro4 I don't want to know how much I spent on option parts, I think it was easily 2 times the kit price of the car itself haha
#418
Tech Master
I had some common TRF options and spares lying around so that covered some of the build, I knew I was gonna upgrade if I got the standard pro and theres not much to keep on that car if I had done so and I would wnd up with lots of standard parts with no use... so I built my own version R
Nicadrauspro4 I don't want to know how much I spent on option parts, I think it was easily 2 times the kit price of the car itself haha
#419
Tech Rookie
Nicadrauspro4 Nice work on the FF-03! I feel the same way, definitely worth it in the end when you put the time and effort into building it the way you want. Its about the journey or something like that
#420
rc_square24 Sweet build!!!! I'm really loving all the details. I have a couple questions if you don't mind? Did you countersink the front carbon plate screw holes yourself? Also what springs are you running? And I noticed you are running different suspension arm aluminum pieces than me, are they wider than stock?
I'm using the bumper mount plate from TRF418 which comes countersink. I have red large diameter springs in the photos but have not run it yet. The suspension mounts are from Spice, they are adjustable bushing type that was released before Tamiya made their own. You can check /translate the specs of that set here